Bud Cort
Bud Cort in 2008
Born	Walter Edward Cox (1948-03-29)March 29, 1948 (age 76) Rye, New York, U.S.[1]
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1967–2015

Walter Edward Cox (born March 29, 1948), known professionally asBud Cort, is an American actor known for his unorthodox starring roles inRobert Altman'sBrewster McCloud (1970), for which he was nominated for aGolden Laurel Award, andHal Ashby'sHarold and Maude (1971), for which he was nominated for both aGolden Globe Award and aBAFTA Award. He also had supporting roles in films such asM*A*S*H (1970),Electric Dreams (1984),Heat (1995),Dogma (1999),Coyote Ugly (2000) andThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).

He also voicedToyman over the course of various series in theDC Animated Universe, includingSuperman: The Animated Series,Static Shock, andJustice League Unlimited.

Cort was discovered in a revue by directorRobert Altman, who subsequently cast him in two of his movies,M*A*S*H andBrewster McCloud. In the latter, he played the title role. Cort went on to his best-known role as the suicide-obsessed Harold inHarold and Maude. Though it was not particularly successful on release, it gained international cult status and is now considered an American classic, ranking Number 69 on theAmerican Film Institute's 100 Best Romantic Comedies.^[2]

In 1979, Cort nearly died in a car accident on theHollywood Freeway where he collided with an abandoned car blocking a lane into which he was turning. He broke an arm and a leg and sustained a concussion and a fractured skull. His face was severely lacerated and his lower lip nearly severed. The accident resulted in plastic surgeries, substantial hospital bills, a lost court case, and the disruption of his career.^[1][3]

He has since appeared in a number of film, stage and TV roles:Endgame,Sledge Hammer!,The Chocolate War,The Big Empty,Theodore Rex,Dogma,But I'm a Cheerleader,Pollock,The Twilight Zone,The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud andThe Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.

Cort's voice-over roles include Edgar the computer in the movieElectric Dreams;Toyman, aSuperman villain, over the course of variousDCAU series includingSuperman: The Animated Series,Static Shock, andJustice League Unlimited; and Josiah Wormwood in an episode of the earlier DCAU productionBatman: The Animated Series. He can also be heard as The King in the English-language version of the feature filmThe Little Prince (2015), which premiered out of competition at the2015 Cannes Film Festival^[4] and won theCésar Award for Best Animated Film in February 2016.^[5] It was made available to U.S. audiences throughNetflix in 2016.^[6]

Cort made a guest appearance on the November 8, 2007, episode ofUgly Betty as the priest officiating atWilhelmina Slater's ill-fated wedding. In 2010, he guest-starred onCriminal Minds in the episode "Mosley Lane", playing elderly pedophile Roger Roycewood who, along with his wife, kidnapped and killed young children. In 2012, he appeared as the artist "Gleeko" in the "Exit Wound the Gift Shop" episode of the second season ofEagleheart.

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